title: MR appearance of sternal hyperostosis.
abstract: Sternal hyperostosis is characterized by prominent new bone formation and fibrosis with less pronounced areas of granulation tissue and round cell infiltration. In previously reported cases the process involved not only the sternum but adjacent bony areas as well. Depending upon the extent of disease, acquiring biopsy material for histologic analysis can be difficult. We report a case of sternal hyperostosis involving the sternum exclusively and extensively. Magnetic resonance imaging was useful in directing biopsy for optimal histologic yield. This unusual case of sternal hyperostosis is believed to be the result of an inflammatory process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Bechtold
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karstaedt
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Wolfman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D015218:Hyperostosis, Sternocostoclavicular / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013249:Sternum / Q000473:pathology*